DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT,

What?! There were warrants in addition to subpoenas for the Board of Education's worthless budget-buster of an assessment probe?

DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT,

Answer the high-stakes question!

Sincerely,

Standardized Query

One reason the hike is high is the hiring of various not-needed, high-salaried central administrators — as BOE member David Cummings noted. "Assistant Superintendent for Nah-Nah-Nah-ing Teachers, Students, and Parents"? Sheesh.

DEAR MONTCLAIRVOYANT,

Pricey consultants, too. And while the big rise in tech spending (partly for rampant over-testing) seems to be in the capital rather than operational budget, taxpayers still ultimately foot the bill (despite most of them being against over-testing).